I recently purchased a 88 Xtracab that had no carpet or anything in it just floorboard. Bought used carpet from an 85 that was being sold on the forum. Used a pressure washer and purple power to clean the carpet, vacuumed and then painted it with duplicolor charcoal grey vinyl and fabric paint. I did this on a Cherokee a few years back and the paint hasn't faded or worn so it does last. Just thought I would post this for anyone wondering about renewing old carpet. The first pic is how I got it and the other two are the end product.

 

Looks like it turned out great. Taking a carpet to the carwash and giving a good cleaning helps with the smell and freshness inside a truck. Lots of gunk come out when washing it that way. One thing I like on used carpet it is already cut. I have installed new carpet and it is preformed but still does not have all the cut out and can be a pain to install. Great job.

 

85?! I hate you! LOL!

Good job! Mine wasn't too dirty when I got it so I just threw it in front-loading washer

 

i all but gave up on my 4runner rear carpet years ago, being stained to hell from hauling trannys and stuff.... soaked with strait simple green for 15 min, and then washed. came out like new.... then did the same with ayellow fleece-like hoody i though was done for.

 

Looks great, I've use a pressure washer and Purple Power, and other degreasers to clean up old dirty carpet.

 

I did new carpet in my 88 Runner recently... total PITA. Yeah it's preformed but it also has 2-3" of extra material all the way around and no cutouts. Like a lot of (all) jobs it took about 4x longer than expected. Turned out great but I doubt I'd ever do it again.

 

I have tried three different companies and so far none of them have one that just drops in. Installing carpet is a real pain in the rear.